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Though they are losing ground to the e-book and the audio book, libraries were once central hubs of
human intellectual progress. There's something about them that still attracts people, however
whether it's their magnificent architecture or the unmistakable smell of books and dust, scholars
and dreamers alike still enjoy perusing their hoards of literary treasures.
Because of their critical importance, libraries were often built to be beautiful and built to last.
Combined with the sometimes priceless treasures that they hold, their simultaneously enormous
and intimate spaces possess a charm that no other type of building can command.
If you know of any other amazing libraries that should be celebrated on this list, then please add
them. You can vote for your favorite houses of knowledge as well!
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#1 Technical University "gheorghe Asachi"

Library, Iasi, Romania
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Dan-Ovidiu Boncut
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DanCpitandePlai
5 days ago
Actually more like School of Electrical Engineering and

Computer Science Library of the aforementioned university :)
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#2 The National Library Of Prague, Prague,

Czech Republic
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bookwilde.org
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PatriciaColeAshton
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enthralling
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#3 The Great Library Of The Reformed Church

College Of Sarospatak - Sarospatak, Hungary
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ron Kovcs
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Beata
4 days ago
I have been there several times ...

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#4 Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland
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rostad.com
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DavidMarkovi
10 days ago
Outstanding space!
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#5 Biblioteca Real Gabinete Portugues De

Leitura, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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Boris G
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LualhatiCapon
10 days ago
BREATHTAKING...!!
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#6 The Admont Library, Admont, Austria

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Benediktinerstift Admont
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DanielleCauvin
10 days ago
Breathtaking for a library..

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#7 George Peabody
Maryland, Usa
Library,
Baltimore,
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wikipedia.org
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Wondersense
10 days ago
Incredible!
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#8 St. Florian Monastery, Austria
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Renate Dodell
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MarliesV.SintAnnaland
10 days ago
Again heaven
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#9 Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der

Staten-generaal Den Haag Iii, Netherlands
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phillips.com
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LisaM.Duncan
10 days ago
I love the staircase!

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#10 Bibliothque Nationale De France, Paris,

France
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Franck Bohbot
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NeelimaJune
8 days ago
The National library of France in Paris was going through some

renovations in 2010.
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#11 Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria
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onb.ac.at
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LillianGardner
8 days ago
Omg heights and statues, 2 of biggest fears. Run!! Pretty

though.
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#12 Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra, Portugal
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Will Pryce
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AustinNguyen
10 days ago
If that's solid gold...

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#13 The Iowa State Law Library, Iowa, Usa
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legis.iowa.gov
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VongphachanhMymala
10 days ago
Love staircase and the color and marble/wood constrast

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#14 Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library,

Yale University, Connecticut, Usa
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source report
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Michael Marsland
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IuliaDraghiev
10 days ago
Oh my God, that is amaazing!!! O-O

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#15 The Old Public Library Of Cincinnati, Ohio,

Usa
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Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County

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PaulAraujo
10 days ago
Sadly, this library was torn down in 1955 at the time no one
complained. Now everyone realizes we lost a national treasure.
Check youtube.
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#16 The City Libary, Stuttgart, Germany
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Philipp Hilpert
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Marwel590
9 days ago
Reminds me of a sanitarium.
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#17 The Oberlausitzische Library Of Science,

Gorlitz, Germany
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goerlitzer-anzeiger.de
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JohnNeal
9 days ago
Beautiful!
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#18 New York Public Library
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David Markovi
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ClaudiaStarbuck
10 days ago
Was this was one of the scenes in the first Ghostbusters film?
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#19 Bibliothque
France
Sainte
Genevive,
Paris,
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Franck Bohbot
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Marwel590
9 days ago
Love the scroll work. This is a functional library.

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#20 Walker Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota,

Usa
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Andrew Moore
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kniv
10 days ago
This is not the Walker library in Minneapolis but the Library of

the History of Human Imagination in Connecticut, owned by Jay
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Walker!
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#21 Vennesla Library, Vennesla, Norway
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Helen & Hard

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PeytonMcIntosh
10 days ago
Some of these libraries look like futuristic space stations!!!

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#22 St John's College Library, Cambridge, Uk
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The Pale Side Of Insomnia

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LarsHettinga
10 days ago
someone else who thinks this is the library of hogwarts

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#23 Bibliothque Mazarine, Paris, France
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Franck Bohbot
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Margot Artner
7 days ago
A very "dainty" library - would feel very comfortable here1

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#24 The Library Of Congress, Washington,

D.c., Usa
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osubmarinoamarelo.com
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sundaes66
9 days ago
This is the library from National Treasure. I don't know if its the
first or second
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#25 The National Library Of China, Beijing,

China
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SylwiaCzech
10 days ago
almost all of the places are taken :O

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SandraAnderson
8 days ago
Amazing libraries! Why the library in my city doesn't look like that.
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ChrisGilbert
10 days ago
OMG! So beautiful! Thank-you so much for aggregating this!

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AlejandraMolanoTrivio
10 days ago
Sadly most of those beauties look so lonely and desolated...

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MichelangeloDeFaveriTron
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Full of peaple the library in Bejing!!

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OmarNaji
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#25 The National Library Of China Is Full :O

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NadiaFahmy
10 days ago
Speechless
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EduardRijborz
10 days ago
Incredible to see all these statements of granduer in architecture

,that hold the knowledge of the world
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KarenKline
8 days ago
So many beautiful places to house so much knowledge!

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SirkkuNikamaa
10 days ago
Bodleian Library in Oxford is not on the list....

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Exactly what I was thinking

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I would love to visit all of them...Actually, every library is somehow majestic, by the power of the fact that it shelters boo
are like Souls, with their luring secrets, hidden lives, timeless worlds sealed in their pages...And I inevitably remembe
Forgotten Books that appears in Carlos Ruiz Zafn novels - a fantastic, labyrinthine library, from which ou have the righ
book from the thousands that lie in this enchanted place. And when you pick that book, you become responsible for it,
sure that it never disappears, your fates are both connected...Thats how it must be with books - one must treasure an
Magic. I am happy that such places like those in the pictures exist, and so does people who would never replace the r
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University of Vilnius Library, founded in 1570. Lithuania.
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I disagree - these are fabulous, even the modern ones - progress is not always the answer! We may regret the loss o
Communal/Community point of view in the future.
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What a beautiful photographic study on libraries! I could only imagine the ambiance they all must create for studying o
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Amazing spaces. Some of the craftsmanship on display is truly awe inspiring.

So much history both on the shelves and between the walls themselves.
Great to see the State Library of Victoria sneaking in at the end too.
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25+ Of The Most Majestic Libraries

136 submissions so far

12 days ago by Lina D.

25+ Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World | Bored Panda

#1 Technical University "gheorghe Asachi"

25+ Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World | Bored Panda

Actually more like School of Electrical Engineering and

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#2 The National Library Of Prague, Prague,

25+ Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World | Bored Panda

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#3 The Great Library Of The Reformed Church

25+ Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World | Bored Panda

25+ Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World | Bored Panda

I have been there several times ...

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#4 Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

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#5 Biblioteca Real Gabinete Portugues De

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#6 The Admont Library, Admont, Austria

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Breathtaking for a library..

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#8 St. Florian Monastery, Austria

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#9 Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der

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I love the staircase!

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#10 Bibliothque Nationale De France, Paris,

25+ Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World | Bored Panda

The National library of France in Paris was going through some

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#11 Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria

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Omg heights and statues, 2 of biggest fears. Run!! Pretty

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#12 Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra, Portugal

If that's solid gold...

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#13 The Iowa State Law Library, Iowa, Usa

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Love staircase and the color and marble/wood constrast

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#14 Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library,

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Oh my God, that is amaazing!!! O-O

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#15 The Old Public Library Of Cincinnati, Ohio,